#potato problems

[itsrandomlyhere]

About a year or so ago, my friend had told me he had a dream where Shiro was mad at a potato. The idea intrigued me and thus these edits were born.

[celebratinancreatinbeauty]

Edith invited me out to the woods a few Thursday’s ago when I was coming back from the city, with the caveat that she was going to be in the garden capitalizing on every bit of sunlight she could -things have remained awfully wet and soggy in these parts.

Naturally, I didn’t mind joining her out on the property.  I picked up a few local ales and a special Belgian beer I hadn’t had in ages I reckoned she may have a taste for.

When I arrived Edith was busy in the potato field, so I walked the several hundred meters to join her, through the new deer fence surrounding the garden noticing the chirping birds and Oklahoma sky beginning to opalize as the sun prepared to retire for the day.  I was thinking about how precious it is for me to get to admire my home terrain by proxy of spending time with a babe.

I was pretty smiley as I approached, Edith was rattled by all the bindweed taking over her potatoes.  Yet somehow, despite troubling circumstances and choosing a tireless vocation, she still radiated there in her overalls and balanced disposition.  I ask how I can help and she pauses to survey things, sighs then steps into gear showing me how she removes the bindweed and we move along the rows in parallel.  She asks about my last few shifts at the art collective and I respond, not moving nearly as quickly as she does while I try to consider my words and make sure I’m not accidentally removing the potato plant itself.  We come back through with a wheel barrel and collect all the discarded weeds.  We wash off some of the cutest little white, red, and purple potatoes she’d harvested before I got there, and put all the tools away.

As Edith lets me in on some of the adversity she faces I find myself more and more enamored.  It’s one thing to witness someone in their element, in flow, and another degree of intimacy to see a demonstration of resilience.

When we got inside her kitchen she got the brews cooling off and gave me a kiss, thanking me for the help, and pausing to say “Soo.  I spilled gasoline on myself earlier and I’m covered in natural plant chemicals. Would you mind if I quickly showered?”  I did not mind.  And asked if I could begin to get dinner prepared while she washed up.  She keenly nodded and withdrew a cutting board and knife for me, placed her hands on my waist and softly spoke into my ear that this is how I should know she’s comfortable with me -turning me loose with a task while she took a moment for herself.

After supper, we eventually make our way to her room, undress each other, and make love.  There are intermittent check-ins and wiggly cuddles.   I drive home in the wee hours of the morning, admiring the stars and awash in wanty feels.

[crimsintea]

Watching the popular accounts get messages while I'm still here... Being a potato with no messages...

It's like f*ckn school all over again. At least people loved me more than... I even had haters...

（ ＴДＴ）

#unpopularpotato

[purplepotatomunv]

When you don't care about it but then you panic because you don't care and haven't been caring but you can't really bring yourself to care about that either like ???? Excuse you, @ me would you kindly make up your damn mind? Which will it be? Indifference or heart pounding panic?

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trailsofpaper replied to your post “powerbloggerjung replied to your post “i have too many potatos” ...”

after i had a wisdom tooth removed i lived on ice cream and yoghurt for two days before i realized mashed potatoes are a thing and to this day i have never tasted anything better than those home made mashed potatoes

oooh that sounds rough. i’ve only even had canines out so i didn’t have to deal with any major food restrictions

and I LOVE mashed potatoes, however the problem is I made a error when doing a big online shop and brought a 4kg bag of potatos instead of 1.5 (which is already a lot of potatoes for one person). I’ve done mash, i’ve roasted them, i’ve made my own chips, i’ve done two different potato based soups, i’ve baked some, but i miss non-potato foods

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powerbloggerjung replied to your post “i have too many potatos”

make potato salad!

bizarrely i don’t think i’ve ever actually had potato salad before, but i may look up some recipes and see if i can find one i can pull off with the limited number of non-potato ingredients i currently have

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i have too many potatos